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What’s in My Phone: Using Chemistry to Explain Technology and Safe Use

Author

Stephanie Keyser

Age Groups

9-12

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What’s in My Phone – Using Chemistry to Explain Technology and Safe Use (pdf, 859 KB)

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Student Sample (pdf, 385 KB)

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Stephanie Keyser teaches high school chemistry in Marietta, GA. Her learning experience engages students in the periodic table by connecting it to the item they love most — their phones — and the lithium-ion batties that power them. Students come to understand trends in the periodic table, so they can imagine different battery chemistries that may be safer and more sustainable.

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